三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
人 part 9
任, assign/responsibility; 份, counter for work, papers, etc.; 仿, to imitate ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

词汇
社会, society; 旅行社, travel agency ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这份报告不能少于十万字, this report may not be less than 100,000 characters
否则社会秩序会立即崩溃的, otherwise the social order will collapse immediately
[fortunately these two sentences are not related to each other]

Me:
他责任感大，肯定说到做到。
我不是自己订酒店，而是去旅行社的。

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人 part 7
仨, three people (ETA: or three things in general, thanks halfcactus) (short for 三个); 仪, ceremony; 们, plural marker ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

词汇
上来, come up; 上面, top; 上去, go up; 上升, rise; 上衣, jacket; 基本上, basically; 看上去, seem; 实际上, actually; 事实上, in fact ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
不是你们，是咱们, not you guys, us
我们是一起上来的, we came up together

Me:
他们仨是好友的。
电子楼梯在上升。

(comment replies later, 不好意思)

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人 part 5
他, he; 付, to pay; 仙, immortal ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

词汇
伤, hurt; 伤心, sad; 受伤, injured ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我一定会让黑袍使付出代价, I will definitely make the Black-Cloaked Envoy pay the price
你别伤心了, don't be sad

Me:
他又不是仙人，你干嘛。
不怕风，不怕浪，不怕轻易受伤🎵

部首
人 part 2 rén
仁, humane; 仅, only; 仇, hatred/enemy ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

语法
Testing a new grammar site: these are quizzes from a Routledge grammar textbook which are apparently available without logging in, signing up, etc., they should keep us going for a couple of months. There is no direct link to each individual quiz (as far as I can tell), so for today, click on CHAPTER 1. (Or don't, you know, I'm not the boss of you.) Let me know if we should keep using these or if you'd rather do something else!
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
如何, how (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
仅仅因为她天生和别人不一样就该受到不公平的待遇吗, should she be treated unfairly just because she was born different from other people?
现在在我面前没有熟人，只有仇人和挡我路的人, right now I have no acquaintances, only enemies and people who get in my way.
我还不知道该如何报答你呢, I don't know how I should make amends to you

Me:
你小心啊，他很记仇。
无论如何，我会回来再见你。

部首
亠 part 3
亭, pavilion/booth; 亮, bright; 亲, intimate/related/kiss ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=8

词汇
日常, daily/everyday (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
您认识我父亲? you know my father?
原来是光啊，好亮啊, so this is what light is, it's so bright
[no 日常]

Me:
别在别人面前来亲我了！
日常生活的细节也很重要。

Character stroke count game still happening on the last 第七天 post! We're up to fifteen strokes (if I haven't counted wrong).

部首
亠 part 1 (tóu, lid)
亡, death; 交, hand over/intersect; 产, produce/property ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=8

词汇
任, appoint/no matter how; 任何, whatever; 任务, task; 信任, trust; 责任, responsibility; 主任, person in charge ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
交给你一个非常兴荣和艰巨的任务, I'm giving you a very honorable and difficult task
起码是百年以上的产物, this is the product of at least 100 years
你不管收到任何的信息，都不要离开龙城, no matter what information you receive, do not leave Dragon City

Me:
我觉得社会交流比较难。
任何人都不能想象我的心态。

部首
二, part 2
云, cloud; 互, mutual; 五, five ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=7

词汇
人才, talented person; 人工, artificial; 人类, human being; 人民, the people; 人民币, RMB: 人群, crowd; 人生, life; 人员, personnel; 动人, moving; 个人, personal/individual; 华人, ethnic Chinese; 亲人, relative; 熟人, acquaintance ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
有机会的话你们可以互相讨论讨论, you two can talk together if you have a chance
人生的还有很多滋味等着你呢, there are still so many flavors of life awaiting you

Me:
要不咱么爬一下山躺在草地上看看流云吧。
人类和猫可能不太互相了解。

本周的部首
亅 (jué, vertical stroke with hook)
了, finish; 争, strive/argue; 事, thing ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=6

词汇
群, group; 人群, crowd (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
谁也救不了我们, no one can save us
都只是为了争取时间, it's all just a play for time
特调处的那群人太碍眼了, that group from the SID has become too much of an annoyance

Me:
我的想法从来就没人明了🎵
他想要离开人群。

本周的部首
乙 part 2
也, also; 习, study/habit; 书, book ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=5

词汇
确保, ensure; 确定, determine; 确实, certainly; 明确, to make clear ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这些书都是我前几天损出去的呀, these books are all ones I got rid of a few days ago
你确定咱们没迷路, are you sure we aren't lost?

Me:
我也习惯读好多书。
确实他说得对，但是我不是没有怀疑。

The chengyu game in yesterday's post is 热闹热闹, feel free to come join in!

本周的部首
丿 part 3
乐, happy/music; 乒乓, ping-pong (both characters); 乖, well-behaved; 乘, to ride/to multiply ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=4
Obligatory anecdote: who knows about the magic 乖乖 snacks in Taiwan?

词汇
全场, the whole audience; 全面, comprehensive; 全球, the whole world ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
从来没见过它这么乖呢, I've never seen him so well-behaved. [This makes me realize that Da Qing's third-person pronoun automatically changes between 它 and 他 according to what shape he's in...]
乘客一半是地星人, half the passengers were Dixingren
所以刚好路边这里的民众需要全面疏散, so right now all the people on the streets here need to get off of them

Me:
听着音乐时我还挺快乐的。
他唱歌的时候会把全场魅惑。